| Thomas Thirkell University of York | Molecular basis of the benefits of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis for the nitrogen nutrition of crop plants |
| Keir Bailey University of York | Acylation of Natural Products Derived from Biorefining |
| Robert Schiffrin University of Leeds | Role of Molecular Chaperones and the Bam Complex in Outer Membrane Protein Folding and Assembly |
| Iliyana Kaneva University of Sheffield | Identification of kinase targets in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans using immunoprecipitation and mass spectroscopy |
| Sam Amsbury University of Sheffield | How do stomata work? |
| James Morby University of Sheffield | Organisation and spectroscopic properties of native and nanofabricated arrays of photosynthetic complexes |
| Nathan Garnham University of York | Identifying signaling responses governing synapse growth and function in aging neurons: defining responses to different cellular sources of oxidative stress |
| Tony Palmer University of Leeds | Towards enhancing crop yields on acid, phosphate-poor soils through an increased understanding of memechanism in aluminium-activated anion channels |
| Michael Wilson University of Leeds | Extreme muscle: a biophysical approach to explore and understand muscle proteins from extreme environments |
| Emma Lindsay University of York | Improving Arsenic Tolerance in Rice |